Abstract

BERNARDI, Denise; DANTAS, Cristina Ribeiro  and  FERES-CARNEIRO, Terezinha. Marital Satisfaction and Freedom: Perceptions of Married Subjects about the Absence of Children. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. [online]. 2020, vol.13, n.1, pp. 1-15. ISSN 1983-8220.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36298/gerais2020130111.

This study aims to investigate the perceptions of married individuals about the absence of children today. Ten subjects, five men and five women from the middle-class segment, aged 33 to 37, who do not have children, participated in the study. The results were analyzed according to the content analysis method. From the analysis of the material, six categories of analysis emerged. Considering the objective of this paper, the following categories will be presented and discussed: marital satisfaction of couples without children and society and the project of having children. The results have shown that couples without children have a higher level of satisfaction with their marital relationship. Although today's society accepts a couple's choice of not having children more naturally, there is still a lot of pressure regarding this project, since the choice for non-parenting interrupts generational continuity.

Keywords : Marital satisfaction; Couple; Society; Absence of children.

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